#BCB59D#BCB59D

#BCB59D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.034 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB59D
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 157)
HSL	hsl(46, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -1.59, 13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 13.23, 96.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0021 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.034 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.3483, 46.1740, 38.5207)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB59D #9DA4BC

analogous

#BCA59D #BCB59D #B3BC9D

triadic

#BCB59D #9DBCB5 #B59DBC

tetradic

#BCB59D #9DBCA5 #9DA4BC #BC9DB3

square

#BCB59D #9DBCA5 #9DA4BC #BC9DB3

split-complementary

#BCB59D #9DB3BC #A59DBC

monochromatic

#847B5A #A39A79 #BCB59D #D5D0C1 #EEECE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCB59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BCB59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB59D

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB59D	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB49C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB69E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.034 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbba',
    500: '#bcb59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb59d;
$custom-light: #d0cbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 18.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77238,
    "c": 0.03402,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB59D

secondary

#D6D8DF

accent

#5C9D48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB59D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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